Fun with ProQuest: An obseravation
I've been taking quick peeks at the Washington Post articles on ProQuest and there is something about how I approach them. Being in 2007, I'm aware how things turn out in the end, yet the surprise is in the discovery of where stuff came from. The people of the 50s, 60s, & 70s they don't know how things are going to turn out. So I read about this and that plan for the area and things don't always provide the results desired, and in some cases, I can't tell if it has worked out. Also, not surprising to me, there is the messiness of the past, the corruption, sloth, distrust, confusion, and lack of funding that make their appearances.Anyway, an article I've yet to read in its entirety is "Urban Renewal: A Slow, Painful Process: SW Developers Made Mistakes The City Now Hopes to Avoid," by George Day. Washington Post 6/2/1969 p.C1. In it one little caption "Northwest One includes housing for elderly (rear) and Sursam [sic] Corda Project". Sursum Corda, wonder how that's working out?
Labels: gentrification, neighborhood history
posted by Mari @ 2.4.07
1 Comments:
so much to learn from...THANK YOU for posting this!
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